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Issue: Vol. 334 No. 1: 12 January 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.1.9
Page range: 60–64
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Tupistra cardinalis (Asparagaceae), a new species from limestone areas in northern Vietnam

Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St Petersburg, Prof. Popov Str. 2, 197376, Russia
98-11 Otsuka, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0352 Japan.
Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, 46 Duc Thang, Bac Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St Petersburg, Prof. Popov Str. 2, 197376, Russia
Center for Plant Conservation, no. 25/32, lane 191, Lac Long Quan, Nghia Do, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Research Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Tupistra species nova Vietnam plant taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Tupistra Ker Gawler (1814: 1655), which was later recircumscribed by Tanaka (2003a, 2010a), belongs to Nolinoideae of Asparagaceae (APG 2009, Chase et al. 2009). It comprises about 30 species (Tanaka 2010a, Averyanov et al. 2017, Govaerts 2017, Nguyen et al. 2017, Roy et al. 2017, Tanaka et al. 2017) distributed widely over subtropical to tropical Asia, covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam (Tanaka 2010a, Averyanov & Tanaka 2012, Hu et al. 2013, Vislobokov et al. 2014, Averyanov et al. 2015, 2016, 2017, Nguyen et al. 2017, Roy et al. 2017).